Experimental Sound Studio
(ESS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 for the production
and promotion of innovative approaches to the sonic arts. The mission of
ESS is to make audio technology accessible and affordable as well as to
encourage the creative process.

ESS provides production facilities and
support services for projects involving music in its many forms, audio
art, radio art, performance art, theater, dance, film, video, poetry, and
installation art, as well as cultural institutions who utilize audio for
educational and outreach programs and exhibition design.

MembershipESS is a membership organization. Annual memberships
are $40/year for individuals, $25/year for full-time students. Besides
supporting the Midwest's only public-access sonic arts organization,
membership entitles you to access to the recording facility at an
inexpensive rate and discounts on workshops and
ESS-sponsored events.

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ESS programs and services are supported by our members and benefactors, and
by the generous support of the WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation, the Gaylord and
Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the DEW Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, a
state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chicago Department of
Cultural Affairs.